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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

it may have [been] rubbed off

0Oesterberg said the explosive traces were found on the bag's handle, indicating it may have [been] rubbed off from the man's hands.02br
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00Is 'been' needed? If not, could you please explain why?02br
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0My take on this:02br 02br 00It may have rubbed off from the man's hands - this means that the traces were transferred from the man's hand to the handle02br 00It may have been rubbed off from the man's hands - the handle caused the transfer from the man's hand02br 00Either way, the result is the same - the traces have been transferred to the handle 0-

— Optilang

  • 0My take on this:02br 02br 00It may have rubbed off from the man's hands - this means that the traces were transferred from the man's hand to the handle02br 00It may have been rubbed off from the man's hands - the handle caused the transfer from the man's hand02br 00Either way, the result is the same - the traces have been transferred to the handle 0-
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0My take on this:02br
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00It may have rubbed off from the man's hands - this means that the traces were transferred from the man's hand to the handle02br
00It may have been rubbed off from the man's hands - the handle caused the transfer from the man's hand02br
00Either way, the result is the same - the traces have been transferred to the handle 0
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0Here it comes again - passive vs active02br
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00I don't know the term for these verbs, if there is one.02br
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00For example,02br
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00You kick a ball02br
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00A ball kick you (This is wrong! An inanimate object can't perform an action)02br
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00Instead, it should be A ball is kicked b
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Oesterberg said the explosive traces were found on the bag's handle, indicating it may have [been] rubbed off from the man's hands.12blockquote
10 There's something else wrong. 01i00it.02i00 What in the world is 01i00it02i00? 01i00t
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0 Lotion/anything is being rubbed on my hand, but if you rub your hand on a wall/something the lotion may rub off onto the other surface 0-
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0 and then the lotion would have been rubbed off your hand(by the other surface)0-
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0I have problem with your examples. My brain can't accept 'rub' used in active sense.02br
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00? Lotion rubbed my hand (Is this OK?)02br
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00Also, Could you please explain why you changed the tense? The original sounds good to me. Regarding the 'mistake', I guess IT refers to uncountable explosive. Possible?0-
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0 My boyfriend rubbed my hand - but lotion is incapable of going this 0-
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0Thanks Optilang and CJ, I think I get it now. I still don't understand why but I feel it's acceptable now. Maybe all I need to do next time when I encounter a similiar verb is say it multiple times and tell myself it's correct. 05002br
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00Oh. I forgot to ask. How are your teeth? Sparkling ?:) 02br
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00I hate dentists... The mere thought of going
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0Thanks for asking, but unfortunately the dental situation is not good. I have to go back on Friday for a tooth extraction. I know how you feel about dentists, they are my worst nightmare! If it's any consolation, I know that there's nobody more scared than me when I go. 0-
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0Actually I had a tooth extracted a few months ago. I prayed that the dentist would do that as opposed to filling or even worse performing a root canal. Good thing, it was an unneccessary wisdom tooth. It wasn't painful at least not until after. What do people normally wish in this situation? ummm...Good luck? May *** bless you? (sounds like you're going to die or something)0-
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